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I'll take you to the candy shop. I'll let you lick a... BIG MAC?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by drapg, Mar 29, 2005.

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  1. drapg

    drapg Member

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    http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/294121p-251806c.html


    McHip-hop name-drop
    Chain wants rappers to mention Big Mac
    BY OREN YANIV and LAURA WILLIAMS
    DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

    With names like Big Pooh, Big Daddy Kane, Big Rich Tha Don and Notorious B.I.G., "big" is already huge for rappers.

    Now, McDonald's reportedly hopes to lure hip-hop artists to drop references to Big Macs into their rhymes.

    Though it's not offering money upfront, the fast-food giant is willing to pay rappers $1 to $5 each time songs with the plug hit the radio, according to today's Advertising Age. McDonald's hopes to have its signature sandwich in several songs by summer, the mag says.

    And it looks like the plan just might boost sales, some McDonald's customers said yesterday.

    "If 50 Cent says so, they're gonna buy so many Big Macs," predicted Kai Davis, 27, a customer service rep and Jay-Z fan from the Bronx. "[Rappers] have a big influence."

    "Anything they say, people are going to do," added 16-year-old Benji Lusena of Harlem.

    But others said they weren't so easily led. "I usually don't use stuff just because somebody else uses it," said Pedro Rojas, 20, of Jersey City. "If you like the food, then that's about it."

    Rappers have been pushing products gratis since Run DMC revived a flagging sneaker brand with its 1986 smash "My Adidas." Hip-hop artists have famously rapped about high-end brands like Cartier, Versace and Dom Perignon.

    Sales of one French cognac went through the roof thanks to Busta Rhymes' "Pass the Courvoisier."

    McDonald's isn't the only company now paying to break through to the hard-to-reach youth market. The marketing firm Maven Strategies, which McDonald's hired for the Big Mac project, got Seagram's gin mentioned - for a fee - in five raps last year, Ad Age says.

    McDonald's has final approval over the Big Mac mentions, so perhaps the company won't want oversized pitchmen like Fat Joe. Decades ago, McDonald's dumped chubby Willard Scott as Ronald McDonald in favor of a leaner clown. Dem Franchise Boyz, on the other hand, might be the perfect spokesgroup for the 30,000-outlet chain.

    Originally published on March 28, 2005


    Good grief.
     
    #1 drapg, Mar 29, 2005
  2. Mr. Mooch

    Mr. Mooch Contributing Member

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    Should be $0.50 for 50 Cent.

    Fiddy Cent says: "Unlike the real life shootings I've experienced, the only pain you'll have from McDonald's is the intestinal viruses going through your system from the new Big McMadCow."

    Seriously, what if they're like "**** McDonald's. I worked there for 5 years and spit on the burgers and jizzed in the shakes. BK b****es; have it your way." :confused:
     
    #2 Mr. Mooch, Mar 29, 2005
  3. Faos

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    I think Rob Base said it best from his song, "It Takes Two".

    "I like the Whopper, f**k the Big Mac"


    It takes two to make a thing go right
    It takes two to make it outta sight
    Hit it!

    I wanna rock right now
    I'm Rob Base and I came to get down
    I'm not internationally known
    But I'm known to rock the microphone
    Because I get stoopid, I mean outrageous
    Stay away from me if you're contagious
    'Cause I'm the winner, no, I'm not the loser
    To be an M.C. is what I choose 'a
    Ladies love me, girls adore me
    I mean even the ones who never saw me
    Like the way that I rhyme at a show
    The reason why, man, I don't know
    So let's go, 'cause

    It takes two to make a thing go right
    It takes two to make it outta sight
    Hit it!

    My name is Rob, I gotta real funky concept
    Listen up, 'cause I'm gonna keep you in step
    I got an idea
    That I wanna share
    You don't like it? So what, I don't care
    I'm number one, the uno, I like comp
    Bring all the suckers 'cause all them I'll stomp
    Bold and black but I won't protect
    All of my followers 'cause all I want is respect
    I'm not a doctor, put them in rapture
    A slick brother that can easy outfox ya
    Cause I'm Rob, the last name Base, yeah
    And on the mike, I'm known to be the freshest
    So let's start, it shouldn't be too hard
    I'm not a sucker so I don't need a bodyguard
    I won't fess, wear a bulletproof vest
    Don't smoke buddha, can't stand sess, yes

    It takes two to make a thing go right
    It takes two to make it outta sight
    Hit it!

    The situation that the Base is in
    I'm kinda stingy that's why I don't wanna lend
    A funky rhyme to a foe or a good friend
    But listen up 'cause I want you to comprehend
    'Cause I'm the leader, the man superior
    I take care of ya and then ya get wearier
    So just sit, my rhymes arenot counterfeit
    The record sells which makes this one a hit
    It won't hurt to listen to Red Alert
    Take off your shirt
    Make sure it don't hit the dirt
    I like the kids--the guys, the girls
    I want the ducats 'cause this is Rob Base's world
    I'm on a mission, ya better just listen
    To my rhymes 'cause I'm all about dissin'
    'Cause

    It takes two to make a thing go right
    It takes two to make it outta sight
    Hit it!

    I stand alone, don't need anyone
    'Cause I'm Rob, just came ot have fun
    Don't need friends that act like foes
    'Cause I'm Rob Base, the one who knows
    About things that make ya get weary
    Don't cheer me, just hear me
    Out 'cause I got the clout--shout (Ho!)
    Before I turn the party out
    I won't stutter--
    Project my voice, speak clearly
    So you can be my choice
    On stage or on record
    Go to the Wiz and select it
    Take it off the rack, if it's wack put it back
    I like the Whopper, f*** the Big Mac
    If you want static, so let's go
    So, throw upyour hands
    Go for what you know
    Bro', I got an ego
    Yo, talkin' to me? No
    Oh
    'Cause Rob is in the front, EZ Rock is on the Back up
    We're not soft, soyou better just slack up
    'Cause I'm cool, calm just like a breeze
    Rock the mike with the help of EZ
    Rock on the set, the music plays
    Only cuts the records that I say

    It takes two to make a thing go right
    It takes two to make it outta sight
    Hit it!

    All right, now, EZ Rock
    now, when I count to three
    I want you ot get busy
    You ready now?
    One, two, three, get loose now!

    It takes two to make a thing go right
    It takes two to make it outta sight
    Hit it!
     
    #3 Faos, Mar 29, 2005
    Last edited: Mar 29, 2005
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